50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10
| 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 | ||||
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Yamataka Eye | ||||
| Released | January 25, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | September 15, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Downtown music Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 44:21 | |||
| Label | Tzadik TZ 5010 | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
| John Zorn chronology | ||||
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Yamataka Eye chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |   [3] |
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 is a
Yamataka Eye and John Zorn documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.[4] Guitarist Fred Frith
also appears on one track.
Reception
The
Pitchfork reviewer Cameron Macdonald gave the album 7.1 out of 10 stating "Listening to their new work was masochistic for me. High-pitched tones disturb me, and Zorn cleared my sinuses with one of the more horrific squeals caught live on tape in the 50th Birthday closer."[6]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz called the album "mysterious", and wrote: "credit should be given to technician Sawai Taeji, who does quite extraordinary things with Eye's electronics: we have never heard a performance quite like it, and it is nothing like the screamfest which might have been expected."[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by John Zorn/Yamataka Eye
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Postiviva" | 9:30 |
| 2. | "M.S.T.G.L. (Moneysextripgodlove)" | 6:44 |
| 3. | "Big Muff Dive" | 8:28 |
| 4. | "Microwaveable Empty Highway" | 5:13 |
| 5. | "Sun See Soon" | 9:21 |
| 6. | "Choronzone" | 7:36 |
Personnel
- John Zorn – alto saxophone
- Yamataka Eye– voice, electronics
- Fred Frith – guitar (track 5)
- Sawai Taeji – technician
References
- AllMusic
- ^ "Yamataka Eye and John Zorn: Naninani II / 50th Birthday Celebration: Pitchfork Record Review". www.pitchforkmedia.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Tzadik catalogue". Tzadik.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ Allmusic listing accessed November 25, 2013.
- ^ Macdonald, C. Pitchfork Review, Pitchfork, February 21, 2005